Join us as we navigate the complexities of today’s headlines, from unexpected heroics in Florida to heated debates about fiscal responsibility. Dana tackles the absurdity of government spending proposals and the media’s portrayal of Elon Musk’s tweet. We also shed light on an unusual daycare practice that enraged parents and discuss why not everyone is thrilled with restaurant names in upscale neighborhoods. With sharp commentary and unfiltered insights, this episode is not to be missed.
00:00:06 Florida Man Saves Neighbor from Alligator
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It’s his life mission to make bad decisions. It’s time for Florida Man.
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This is really the only Florida Man story you probably need today. A Florida Man ran over an alligator with an SUV to save his neighbor from being eaten. A Florida man and his dogs are lucky to be alive because they got attacked by gators. The man was in an 11-foot gator’s mouth being dragged away when his neighbor drove his Lincoln, his SUV, over the gator. He threw it in reverse and went back right over that gator. Rick Fingerit of Florida, his two labs. They were walking the usual route, passed a pond. They stay away from the water, but this thing came at them 10 miles an hour. The guy tripped, and then the gator got him in his jaws. The dogs were frozen in terror, so his neighbor saved his life with an SUV. Third hour next, Carol Woff will be joining us. Stick with us. I’m so… This issue with the planes. So, I’m not… We talked about the Toronto crash, and the… The Delta crew, was it a Delta Endeavor crew? And I know that they’ve been real big on, you know, on, didn’t they put out a video where they were talking about unmanned flights, meaning it’s all women. I’m going to need, so I can’t be completely blamed solely. I’m going to need everyone to let me know on a scale of one to 10, how straightforward do you want me to be with you on this?
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Can I choose 11?
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Well, Kane says 11. I don’t know what the chat chooses, but… I think they’re going to go with 11. They may not. You’ve got some very sensible people in that room. I don’t know. You’ve got some of the rabble-rousers.
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That’s true. I feel like the chat is mature enough to take the 11 truth from you.
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We’ll see what they say. We’ll see what they say. But this crash in Toronto, thankfully there were no fatalities or anything that came from that. But there’s a lot of interesting stuff, though, that has come out in the meantime about the crash and about how they conduct business. And one of those, I mean, you have the Endeavor flight crew, and they’ve been really big on having it, I guess, what, all ladies? I don’t know. They wanted a lady, all lady flight. So they called it an unmanned flight. They were, I don’t know. I don’t know how much that contributed to what happened in Toronto. Separate from that, what I am going to say, and if you’re offended by this, I am not Dora the Explorer and I may not be for you. If I get on a plane and it’s all broads, I’m off. I ain’t dealing with it. I’m not dealing with it. If I get on a plane and it’s a bunch of broads that are trying to make TikTok music videos of themselves instead of preparing the damn plane for flight, I’m off. Now, I say that because they literally did that. So there is a video out there, and I don’t know how much of it we can play because of all the copyrighted music on it. Yes?
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We can play maybe a couple seconds of the music, but then we’ll turn that volume down so you can kind of see the absurdity.
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Okay, first off, can I just interject? The chat is entirely irresponsible. They said level 20.
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Level 20.
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Yeah. Things catch on fire at that level.
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I have a newfound respect for the chat.
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You are inciting them, sir.
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I’m not. I’m just agreeing with them.
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You guys out in Rumble, you ignore what he just said. What? Lorraine says it’s 15 to 20. Okay. If I get on a plane and it’s a bunch of bitches doing MIA, you know, live fast, die young. I’m going to get off that plane. That’s what’s going to happen. So these chicks made a video, and I don’t know if this was directed by Endeavor’s flight crew or if these chicks decided to do it themselves, but they did this video that they put up on TikTok, and it’s them jamming to… a bunch of different songs, including M.I.A., who’s an artist that I liked before it became popular for seamster conservatives to like her. M.I.A.’ ‘s 2013 single, Bad Girls, which has a story behind the song and the accompanying video. So they did this, and Juan can show you some of it. They did this video where, I guess they had the mom from The Incredibles, they used, which was… They used her lyrics and then they were playing M.I.A.’ ‘s Bad Girls at the beginning of this video clip. And they were talking about unmanned flights and it’s all the ladies going through. Look, the lady’s checking the plane. The lady’s here. The lady’s dancing. And oh my gosh, I just cannot. No offense, girls, but this does not inspire passenger confidence. And I don’t even know if any of these women were the ones that were flying the plane. See, this is so… Okay. Full stop. Full stop. Full stop. We’re going to talk about the video in a minute, but why are you making a video about a plane using a song that talks about dying? Like right in the first measure. Why? Why? Why do that? Look, we’re going to live fast and die young. Great motto for a plane. Fly with us. We’re going to die young. What the hell? happening who’s directing this gosh is it Captain Extensions I don’t know so why that’s not the best song choice sidebar why they didn’t use paper planes I don’t know MIA sunk paper planes which was made very very famous by Danny Boyle’s film that included what was it was like the game show was set in India and it was talking to it like the rags to riches getting around the class system all that stuff that actually would have been more appropriate But they decided to use this video. Why did they decide to use MIA’s 2013 bad girls? Here’s why. When that video came out at the time, Saudi Arabia did not allow legally women to drive. Women could not drive. Very patriarchal society. Women could not like drive. They could not get in a car and drive themselves to a doctor appointment. They couldn’t do any of that stuff. So MIA, she got a lot of criticism because they were saying that she was using Arabian stereotypes in her video. And I think that those people are just being stupid and sensitive. because to say that she’s you know somehow cliche is asinine but her video was a protest music video against Saudi Arabia’s then ban on women driving and I say then ban because when they got the new king in Saudi Arabia he changed that and he does and now women can drive in Saudi Arabia but at the time when they were doing this video and it was about basically They had Saudi, presumably Saudi women. It was filmed in Morocco and they were on this like desert dirt track and they were drifting and doing all kinds of tricks and stuff like that. And it was a bunch of Saudi men that were watching these women racing cars. And it was supposed to be this, you know, kind of fist in the air. Yeah, well, women, you know, Saudi women can’t drive. Here we are. You know, we enjoy this just like anybody else. So it was kind of like a protest video. So hijacking that song. And trying to say that it is a great soundtrack to women in the United States who are free to do whatever they want to do. And actually making what I think is an inherently reverse discriminatory video where you’re celebrating women doing basic stuff that doesn’t need to be celebrated. And this is one of the things I don’t understand about the insipidness of feminism. Basic bitches doing basic stuff. Woo. Why do you have to sit here and celebrate and high five every time you do a basic human activity? Stop it. If you don’t want there to be two levels, then stop acting like you’re special or than everybody else just because you have a vagina. I’m so done with it. That being said, that was so dumb to use that song because it’s not even comparable. Number one. Number two, it is absolutely asinine that you’re making a video about flying a plane and you’re talking about dying in it. And then several months later, you literally flip a plane out of the sky. I don’t know if abroad was flying it or not. I’m just saying it’s not a good look. You know? It’s not a good look.
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It’s like they could have used, like, what? Another One Bites the Dust by Queen? Like, is there a worse song they could have used for that?
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I mean, it’s like using a Buddy Holly song. You know? While you’re making a video about coming and flying with us and you play a Buddy Holly track. You see what I’m saying? It’s just… dumb. And then it makes me question, if you know so little about music, then what else do you not know about? Right? And I just, I don’t want, I don’t take any of this seriously. When I, if I, look, if I’m getting on a plane and if it’s going to be all women, give me a bunch of like all butchy German ladies. Okay? I’m going to, I’m going to trust that more than I will extensions McGee. Does that mean to say, I don’t care. I don’t care. I’m just going to trust that kind. I’m just, you know, I’m going to trust that more.
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That’s that level 11 truth we’ve been looking for.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
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So, first, we’ve got Carol Roth coming up after headlines today. The What? A Caledonia area daycare apparently got in trouble for using melatonin spray, and they are promising parents that it won’t be used again. What in the world? So they say that parents are upset after this daycare center in Michigan sprayed kids’ sleeping mats with melatonin without their knowledge. Yeah, you can’t be doing that kind of stuff. That’s goofy. They said they used Dr. Teal’s sleep spray with melatonin and essential oils. Some of that stuff smells like liquidized hippie. Stop it. Nobody wants to smell like a dirty armpit. Nobody wants their kids to lay down on a cot or a mat that smells like that. And they said that it’s not been approved by FDA, like that matters, for using by kids. Don’t be spraying stuff on other people’s kids where they sleep. Stop it. Just do your damn jobs. You know, tire the kids out with activities and they’ll take naps without having to use a sleep aid. Idiots. A… Wow. What is this headline? Okay. A restaurant called… It’s actually called Chubby Chicks? Yes. In Philadelphia, a restaurant called Chubby Chicks is… The business owner is claiming she’s being bullied by people who are not happy that she’s there. They said it’s a very fancy restaurant. We don’t want our fancy area. We don’t want a place called Chubby Chicks there. What… What does Chubby Chicks do? Because the article does not say literally anything about it.
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And I’m like… I envision large portions.
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What?
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Large portions. That’s it? That’s what the restaurant does.
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That’s all it is? Well, what’s wrong with that?
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I envision that. I don’t really know. Because like you said, it’s not in the article.
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Yeah. I mean, like what… What is with the… I mean, if that’s all it is, then why is that… a big deal if it’s just larger portions.
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I guess they hate the name.
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So this is James. Mark that for me. I’ve got to come back to that. That’s James Fishbeck. He’s this entrepreneur. You know, he’s a money dude. And so I want to set up the whole narrative that’s trending today about Musk and the $5,000 to every Tom, Dick, and Harry in the U.S. of A. Because this came up on social media, that guy’s video. And there was a conversation and Musk had responded. And all he said was, you know, I’ll ask the president or I’ll talk to the president, I think was his tweet. So he never said that he liked it or that he wanted to do it. But that doesn’t stop these over-eager reporters from, you know, mouth breathing all over their keyboard and going, oh my gosh, this is what Elon Musk, Elon Musk is personally himself mulling over giving $5,000 to everyone. And he didn’t actually say that. He just responded to someone, like acknowledged what they said. And was like, OK, then, you know, I’ll say something to the president about it. That’s, you know, or I’ll ask the president is what he said. And it is a real creative stretch to say that he’s mulling sending all Americans five thousand dollar checks. And that’s what Forbes ran with. So wanted to set that up because that’s. The stupidest thing I’ve ever heard in my life. It is so stupid. It kills brain cells without alcohol. It is dumber than heels on Crocs. It is that stupid. Ask yourself when the last time the government sending checks out to everyone worked well. Oh, the covid checks. That wasn’t there was no waste, fraud or abuse there at all. Right. That was all a OK. What about those stimmy checks? Every time the stimmy checks have gone out, that’s always been great, hasn’t it? This is why I say, and it’s not Musk’s idea. The media just wants to set him up to go at him. He responded to someone else who is proposing the idea. Musk didn’t endorse it. You know, good grief. So the reason it’s dumb is because have you seen our deficit lately? We are on the edge of a cliff. I mean, we I know that what’s his face? John Kennedy down in Louisiana says this is a joke. I’m not kidding you. We actually may all be living in the desert eating cat food at some point. I mean, that’s a very real possibility. And I don’t know if it’s going to be like cane, like the kind that you have to put water in and basically bring it back to life or if it’s going to be the crappy burnt kibble. I don’t know. But at some point it’s going to happen. Stock up, y’all. You got a remedy. You have to pay down the deficit first. That’s a real thing. We’re taxed to death. We have zero incentive to be burdened more after learning how badly our taxes have been wasted. I mean, this is this is it’s it’s an it’s an asinine proposal. It’s not something that’s like saying, OK, well. We’re half a million dollars in debt. You know what we’re going to do to remedy that? We’re going to get rid of our Amazon Prime subscription. That’s right. Woo, we feel so much better. Let’s go to the casino. That’s what that is. That’s how that works. It’s true. It’s a completely accurate comparison. And why would everyone get $5,000? No, I paid six figures in taxes. Do you realize that there are more people who pay into the system than not? No, not everyone pays their fair share and the people bitching about it are the ones who don’t. So this is, and if you think it stops at 5,000, people will keep demanding more and more and more. You have to pay down the deficit first. That’s the biggest issue. The other issue is you have to immediately stop this stupid government spending. It is the fact that you have no idea what all we’re spending money on is proof that we’re spending money on things that we shouldn’t be spending money on. I mean, you know, everything should be Article 1, Section 8, cut it to there, cut spending. You would have… oh my gosh, your coffers would overflow. All throughout history, whenever taxes have increased, revenue to the government’s actually decreased. This has been even back in Kennedy’s day in the 60s. He actually understood this, which is why he was a proponent of tax cuts and less government spending. Of course, he would have been quasi-crucified today, but that used to be where Democrats were, if it gives you any insight. No, we have to have tax cuts and then we have to cut government spending and we have to pay down the deficit. It requires an austerity that frankly, I don’t think this nation has the stomach for. I don’t think we can do it. In fact, I would bet everything on the fact that we’re not going to do it. I know that you want to hear something super happy. You get, you know, you’re retired, semi-retired goth, former, not really former Daria to just give you the straight truth. That’s my perspective on it. I don’t want to set you up for a great emotional fall because I feel like if I tell you anything different, I’m lying to you. Now, I don’t really think that it’s necessarily a reflection on the administration, although in some part it can be. Trump has an amazing bully pulpit. If he so chose, he could use that on all of these people that are dragging their feet in Congress. You know, we have these big fights. About, you know, who’s going to be in what seed. And, you know, I’m going to go. I cannot stand the power jockeying fights. I think it shrinks brains. It does. It shrinks brains. It shrinks your jimmies. How about that? Like, I don’t know how else. It makes everybody low T and estrogen dominant. I don’t know. It’s a horrible thing. I can’t stand the power jockeying. Everyone wants the cocktail invites. They want to be power adjacent. They want to be pictured at the White House. You know. It’s so dumb. I just want to be left the hell alone and leave my money alone and just govern responsibly. And I think most everyone wants that. And I think there are some Republicans in Congress that want that. But it’s irrelevant because they’re weak. They’re all so terrified.
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Absurd Truth: Shirley, You Can’t Be Serious?
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